Modi’s swearing-in: Hafiz Saeed urges PM to review decision
JuD chief says contentious issues need to be raised with the incoming Indian leader.
Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. PHOTO: EXPRESS
HYDERABAD:
Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed Ahmed has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to review his decision of travelling to India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of prime minister-elect Narendra Modi.
Addressing a public gathering late Saturday night, the JuD chief said the United States blamed Pakistan for its failure in Afghanistan and wanted to punish Pakistan through India and Afghanistan.
In a strongly-worded diatribe aimed at Washington, Hafiz Saeed said that a Modi regime was installed in New Delhi and Abdullah Abdullah’s administration was installed in Kabul as a ploy to ‘sandwich’ Pakistan between two hostile regimes.
“Modi’s election campaign slogans resonated with anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan rhetoric. Over 250 million Muslims in India and Indian occupied Kashmir are concerned over his leadership,” the JuD chief said in his rancorous speech.
In a veiled warning, the JuD chief said that even if Nawaz went ahead with his plan to attend Monday’s ceremony in New Delhi, he should raise the contentious issues of Kashmir, India’s plans to construct dams on Pakistani rivers and its involvement in Balochistan.
The JuD chief also accused the prime minister of ignoring the sentiments of the Kashmiri people in his decision to visit India. “Nawaz should not forget that Pakistan stands by innocent enslaved Kashmiris. He should raise the Liaquat-Nehru pact with Modi and ask for the implementation of the agreement.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2014.
Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed Ahmed has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to review his decision of travelling to India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of prime minister-elect Narendra Modi.
Addressing a public gathering late Saturday night, the JuD chief said the United States blamed Pakistan for its failure in Afghanistan and wanted to punish Pakistan through India and Afghanistan.
In a strongly-worded diatribe aimed at Washington, Hafiz Saeed said that a Modi regime was installed in New Delhi and Abdullah Abdullah’s administration was installed in Kabul as a ploy to ‘sandwich’ Pakistan between two hostile regimes.
“Modi’s election campaign slogans resonated with anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan rhetoric. Over 250 million Muslims in India and Indian occupied Kashmir are concerned over his leadership,” the JuD chief said in his rancorous speech.
In a veiled warning, the JuD chief said that even if Nawaz went ahead with his plan to attend Monday’s ceremony in New Delhi, he should raise the contentious issues of Kashmir, India’s plans to construct dams on Pakistani rivers and its involvement in Balochistan.
The JuD chief also accused the prime minister of ignoring the sentiments of the Kashmiri people in his decision to visit India. “Nawaz should not forget that Pakistan stands by innocent enslaved Kashmiris. He should raise the Liaquat-Nehru pact with Modi and ask for the implementation of the agreement.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2014.